Combination tool



s. ZAOKIPNY COIBINATION TOOL Filed Iarcii 13, 1924 FIG. 1

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Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNITED. sTArns PATENT @FFICE.

COMBINATION TOOL.

Application filed March 13, 1924. Serial No. 698,896.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known ,thatI, STEFAN ZAoKIPNY, a citizen of Ukraine,residing.at Moose Jaw, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combination tools.

An important object of the invention is to provide a combination tool which may be used as either a spirit level, a plumb, a rule, a square, or an instrument capable of being used for laying off a line extending truly vertically orhorizontally or a pair of lines extending at right angles to each other with one of the lines extending horizontally and the other vertically. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a tool having a pair of spirit tubes so arranged thatthe tool may be used as a lever or a plumb and further being con structed to permit the ready renewal ofthe spirit tubes should they become broken.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly broken away, of the tool embodying this invention arranged for permitting the same to be used as a square,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the tool with the square retainedv in a collapsed position for permitting the tool to be used as a plumb, v v

Figure 3 is an end elevational view ofithe tool arranged as shown in Fig. 2,

Figure 4: is a top plan view of the tool with the collapsible square unfolded partially for permitting the tool to be used as a level,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken longitudinally of the body portion of the tool and illustrates the portion of its construction which will permit the removal of one of the spirit tubes,

. Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken upon lines VI-VI of Fig. 5, V Figure 7 is a transverse sectional View taken upon lines VII VII of Fig. 5,

Figure 8 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the body portion of the tool and illustrates in detail the spirit tube which may be employed for adapting the tool to be used as a plumb, a. resilient hook which is employed for retaining the foldable square in inoperative position upon the body porti on of the tool and a spring clip which is employed for retaining the two portions of the body portion of the tool in operative position with each other and which will permit the two parts of the body portion to be separated for allowing the spirit tube illustrated in this figure to be removed,

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional view taken upon line IXIX of Figure 8,

Figure 10 is a transverse sectional view taken upon line X.X of Fig. 8, and

Figure 11 is a fragmentary view partly in section'and partly in elevation taken upon lines XIXI of Fig. 3 and illustrates a pocket which is intended to be employed for housing a carpenters pencil or the like. I

In the drawing. wherein forthe purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of this invention, the numeral 5 designates the lower, part or section of the body portion of the tool to which is secured, in a removable manner, the upper part or section 6. In Figs. 2, 8 and 9, the upper part of the body portion is illustrated as being provided adjacent its ends'withpockets 7 having secured to the inner faces thereof pin carrying plates 8. The lower part or section 5 is illustrated as being provided with resilient clips 9 having an aperture formed in the outer end of each which is adapted for receiving the pin carried by the plate 8 for securing the lower and upper parts or sections 5 and 6 in their closed positions. In Figs. 2, 8 and 10 there is shown an opening 10 formed in the upper part or section 6 through which extends a spirit, tube 11 which is to be employed for adapting the tool to bev used as a plumb. In Fig. 10 the spirit tube .11 is illustrated as projecting into a pocket formed inv the lower pa'rtfor section 5. It will be seen by this construction that the separating of the parts or sections 5 and 6 will permit the removal of the spirit tube 11 for permitting a new one to be provided in its place.

In Figs. 5 and 7, the upper part or section 6 of the body portion of the tool is illustrated as being provided with a longitudinally extending pocket 12 within which a second spirit tube 13 is secured. It is to be understood that the spirit tubes 11 and 13 are secured in their respective places by means of a suitable cement or the like which is desi nated in both instances by the numeral 14. In Figs. 2, 4: to 7 inclusive and 11, the upper part or section 6 of the body portion of the tool is illustrated as having a longitudinally extending cutout portion 15 formed in the upper face thereof and being provided with inclined end walls 16. It will be seen by inspecting Figs. 2 and 5 that this cutout portion 15 is of dove-tail-shaped formation in side elevation. The pocket 12 within which the spirit tube 13 is positioned opens at its upper end into the cutout portion 15. Laterally reinovably positioned within the cutout portion 15 is a plate 17 which is of substantially dove-tail-shape and is provided with end walls which correspond to the walls 16 of the cutout portion 15. For the purpose of retaining this plate 17 in its proper position, springs 18 are carried thereby which wedge the opposite ends of the plate 17 against the inclined walls 16, as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5. This plate 17 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 19 within which is slidably positioned a cover 20 which is normally intended to be positioned over the spirit tube 13 for protecting the same against accidental blows or the like which might cause damage thereto. This cover may be moved longitudinally through the slot 19 for uncovering the spirit tube 13, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

In Fig. 11 there is shown a pocket 21 which extends longitudinally of the body portion of the tool and is formed by cooperating grooves formed in the adjacent faces of the lower and upper parts 5 and 6 of the said body portion. This pocket 21 is intended to be used for housing a carpen ters pencil or the like. The said parts or sections 5 and 6 are provided at one end, as best illustrated in Figs. 3 and 11, with a groove 22 which is dove-tail-shaped in cross-section and is adapted for receiving the sliding cover 23 which is normally intended to be positioned as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 11 for closing the end of the pocket 21.

Swingingly connected to one longitudinal edge of the top face ofthe part or section 6, as by means of the hinges 24, is the part 25 of the folding square, best illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 11. Hingedly connected to one end of this section 25 is a two-part, hingedly connected section which is formed of the parts 20 and 27. The opposite end or" the part is cut at a 45 angle, as at 28 andis hingedly connected to a two-part section of the square which is formed of the parts 29 and 30. It will be seen by inspecting Fig. 1 that the various parts 25 to 30 form a square having scale lines which measure in quarter inches from one to twelve in the sections 29 and 30 and from one to twenty-four inches on the parts 25 to 27. The upper part or section 6 of the body portion of the tool is further provided with hook-shaped resilient clips 31 which are employed, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 11, for retaining the square in its folded position upon the upper face of the said body portion.

It is believed that the operation of this combination tool as a level, a plumb, a rule, and a square will be understood by those skilled in the art. without any further explanation. In connection with the use of the tool as ail-instrument capable of being employed for laying off a line extending truly vertically with a second line extending at right angles to the first or extending truly horizontally, it might be notedthat the spirit tube 11 carried by the body portion of the tool is employed in connection with the square. It will be noted that when the section 25 of the square is moved upon the hinges 24.- for causing the same to be arranged at right anglesto the top face of the upper part or section 6 of the body portion of the tool, the sections 29 and angularly arranged in respect to the said section 25 may be employed with the latter for drawing two lines extending at right angles to each other. The spirit level 11 may be employed for causing the section 25 to extend truly vertically with the result that the tfoldable sections 29 and 30 will extend truly horizontally.

It is ,to be understood that the form of this invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim In a tool of the type described, a twopart body portion, a plurality of pins carried by one part of said body portion, a plurality of apertured resilient clips carried by the other part and receiving the pins in said apertures for connecting said parts, one of said parts having an opening therein entering the same from the face engaging the second part, a spirit tube in said opening and held therein by the last mentioned second part, said spirit tube adapting said body portion to function as a plumb, and scaled means attached to said body portion for permitting the scribing of right angle lines With one line extending truly vertical and the other truly horizontal, said scaled means including a section hinged longitudinally to one part of the body portion and having one transverse edge squared and the 10 other transverse edge beveled at a 45 angle,

a section hinged to the squared edge to unfold into a position in longitudinal alinement with the first section, and a section having a transverse edge beveled at a 45 angle hinged to the similar edge of the first 15 section and adapted to unfold to a position at right angles to the first two mentioned sections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

STEFAN ZAOKIPNY. 

